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06-11-2006, 03:07 AM

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cottonseed77

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RE: Starting car problem.

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ORIGINAL: Guitarhead09

mine does the same thing, i have been told its the fuel filter, but havent replaced my yet

Thats what I thought, but I just changed mine and it didnt help it

06-11-2006, 03:08 AM

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monkeydude3

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RE: Starting car problem.

mine does that too. It seems to be normal. You gotta think the computer can only adjust itself so well to start/stop repeatedly, and there is some small margin of error...

so you gotta crank an extra 2 seconds? as long as it fires up and stays running you are good

06-11-2006, 03:09 AM

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Guitarhead09

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RE: Starting car problem.

hmmm, i dont know then. my mustang is having other problems now. My IAC valve is acting up or something. I have to clean it sometime.

06-11-2006, 03:13 AM

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cottonseed77

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RE: Starting car problem.

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ORIGINAL: monkeydude3

mine does that too. It seems to be normal. You gotta think the computer can only adjust itself so well to start/stop repeatedly, and there is some small margin of error...

so you gotta crank an extra 2 seconds? as long as it fires up and stays running you are good

Thats basically what I was looking for I didnt know if it was normal or not just freaked me out. I have only had my car about 3 weeks and it was just worring me.

06-11-2006, 03:18 AM

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monkeydude3

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RE: Starting car problem.

give it some time these cars have plenty of quirks. A LOT of cars I have driven act like that, occasionally taking an extra second or two to start. The computer can only do so much tweaking in a few miliseconds

06-11-2006, 03:21 AM

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bryanec

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RE: Starting car problem.

I have heard of this with larger pump and injectors. The charge pressure is too high at startup with them, maybe the same with you. IDK

06-13-2006, 02:48 PM

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GodAmGT00

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RE: Starting car problem.

Mine was hard starting for close to 6 months, especially if I let it sit for more than 3 days.. Eventually, the fuel pump crapped out, and I believe it's mostly because of debris in the gas tank (unrelated)...

As mentioned, I wouldn't really worry TOO much about it yet... You may wanna drop a fuel pressure gauge on there to see what kind of pressure you're getting when you crank it...

JT